Hog-poke.



T. L. DOUGLASS.

HOG POKE.

APPLIOATION mum FEB. 21, 1908.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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THOMAS L. DOUGLASS, OF RALSTON, OKLAHOMA.

HO carom To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. DOUGLASS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ralston, in the county of Pawnee and State of Qklahoma, haveinvented a new and useful Hog-Poke, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to animal pokes of the character indicatedand it consists in the novel construction and arrange ment of its partsas hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a poke having adjustable partswhich may be easily and quickly fitted to heads of different sizes andbeing of such an arrangement as not to interfere with the movement ofthe animals jaws during the process of eating, drinking and the like.

The upper and lower portions of the poke are provided with upwardly anddownwardly projecting hooks which are adapted to engage the wires orrails of a fence should the animal attempt to squeeze through, rootunder, or jump over the same and the said hooks are supported by braceswhich bear upon cross pieces located above the forehead and beneath thelower jaw so that when the said hooks come in contact with obstructions,such as above named, the said cross pieces are forced into contact withad-- j acent port-ions of the animals head thereby subjecting the senseof feeling .to sufficient pain to cause the animal to back away from theobstruction it is attempting to over come.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a perspective view of thepoke.

The poke consists of the nose band 1 which is made up of sections havingflanges 2 which are riveted together. Each of the said sections is madeup of two or more pieces which are adapted to he slipped longitudinallyand secured by rivets 8 or similar devices. Thusmeans is provided forincreasing or diminishing the diameter of the nose band. Theforward endsof the forehead strips 4 are fixed to the upper portion of the nose band1 and the said strips at intermediate points are longitudinallyextensible or provided with the sections 5 which may be slippedlongitudinally with relation to the strips and fixed with relationthereto by means of suitable securing devices. The forward ends of thejaw strips 6 are fixed to the lower part of Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 21, 1908.

Patented. Feb. 9, 1909.

Serial No. 4.1mm.

the nose band 1 and the strips 6 are also provid ed with sections 7which may be adj usted in a manner similar to that described inconnection with the sections 5. In other words, the strips 4- and 6 arelongitudinally 'the forehead of the animal and the cross piece 10 liestransversely across the lower jaw of the animal when the poke is inposition upon the head. The lower end of the hook 11 is secured to theupper portion of the nose band 1 bet-ween the upper flanges 2 thereof.Said hook is upwardly and rearwardly inclined and the brace 12 connectsthe upper portion of the said hook with the cross piece 9. The upper endof the hook 13 is secured to the lower portion of the nose band 1between the lower flanges 2 thereof. The hook 13 is downwardly andrearwardly inclined and the brace 14 connects the lower portion of thehook 155 with The cross the cross piece 10. With the exception of thethroat latch 8, the parts of the poke are made of metal and possess asuflicient amount of resiliency or spring.

It will be observed that the parts may be readily adjusted to fit a headof particular size and that should an animal move its head so as tobring either one of the hooks 11 or 1-3 in contact with a fence orsimilar obstruction the movement of the animal toward the saidobstruction will be checked and at the same time the force of impactupon the hook will be transmitted along the attached brace to one of thecross pieces 9 or 10 which will be moved into contact with the adjacentpart of the head and appeal to the animals sense of feeling.

.Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A poke comprising a nose band, strips connected to said nose band, athroat latch attached to the strips and hooks mounted upon the upper andlower portions of the nose hand, one hook having a bracing portionadapted to lie over the forehead, and the other hook having a bracingportion Mia adapted to lie nncler the throat of the animal.

2. A poke comprising a nose hand, strips attached thereto a threat latchconnecti k the strips together, cross pieces attached to the strips,hooks nionntetl upoi the nose hand and braces connecting said hooks withthe cross pieces.

3. A 0ke coinnrisins a sectional nose 1 I L C? bane having flang s,strips attached to the nose hand, a throat latch attached to the strips,hooks attached to the upper and lower portions of the nose hantl,between the flanges, one hook having a h 'acing portion adapted to heever the to 'eheacl, and

the other hook having a bracing port-ion the strips together and hooksniounte l upon thz nose hand and braces attached to the hooks am "rowspieces.

in testimony that claim the foregoing as my own, have hereto attired mysignature in the presenee ot two witnesses.

L. DOlTGlL it SS.

